Rocket Software

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Rocket Software Inc.
Type Private
Industry Computer software
Founded 1990
Headquarters Waltham, Massachusetts, United States
Key people Andy Youniss (President and CEO)
Employees 1,100 (2013)
Website www.rocketsoftware.com

Rocket Software is a privately-held software development firm with business and technology partnerships with IBM, EMC,[1] Fujitsu,[2] HP Enterprise Services, Hitachi Data Systems,[3] and others. The company has more than 1100 employees, and is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, USA.

History

Rocket Software was founded in Boston in 1990 with a focus on IBM DB2 tools. Rocket's products are in the analytics, data, storage, applications and networks areas, and run on platforms including mainframe, Linux/Unix/Windows, IBM i, public and private cloud, and hybrid/virtualized systems.

Rocket software runs on IBM System z, IBM System i, UNIX, Windows and other platforms [4] and offers tools to access non-SQL data with standard SQL queries. [5]

In 2013, Rocket was named to Database Trends and Applications magazine's inaugural “DBTA 100,” a list of the companies that matter most in data. [6] In 2012, Rocket's Aldon subsidiary was recognized as a Niche Player in Gartner's Magic Quadrant for application life-cycle management[7] and as a Contender in The Forrester Wave: application life-cycle management, Q4 2012.[8] In 2009, Aldon was positioned as a visionary in Gartner's Magic Quadrant for software change and configuration management for distributed platforms.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Mainframe Backup and Recovery Software - EMC Select Products". Emc.com. 2013-04-18. Retrieved 2013-10-24. 
  2. ↑ "Legacy Modernization Integration Services : Fujitsu United States". Fujitsu.com. Retrieved 2013-10-24. 
  3. ↑ "Data Lifecycle Management Solution by Arkivio and Hitachi Data Systems". HDS. Retrieved 2013-10-24. 
  4. ↑ "IBM - Rocket Software, Inc. increases development efficiency (08/08/2012)". 01.ibm.com. 2012-08-08. Retrieved 2013-10-24. 
  5. ↑ http://dancingdinosaur.wordpress.com/2013/08/02/rocket-zsql-accesses-non-sql-mainframe-data/
  6. ↑ "DBTA 100: The Companies That Matter Most in Data". Dbta.com. 2013-06-26. Retrieved 2013-10-24. 
  7. ↑ "Magic Quadrant for Application Life Cycle Management | 2037115". Gartner.com. 2012-06-05. Retrieved 2013-10-24. 
  8. ↑ Grant, Tom. "Forrester Research : Research : The Forrester Wave™: Application Life-Cycle Management, Q4 2012". Forrester.com. Retrieved 2013-10-24. 
  9. ↑ "Magic Quadrant for Software Change and Configuration Management for Distributed Platforms | 921517". Gartner.com. 2009-03-26. Retrieved 2013-10-24. 

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